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    History Short: What Thing of the Past Do You Miss the Most?

    Major DanBy Major DanJuly 31, 2022Updated:July 31, 2022No Comments2 Mins Read
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    Black Tot Day

    A Brief History

    On July 31, 1970, the British Royal Navy experienced one of the darkest days in their long and glorious history, Black Tot Day.  On that day, the RN ended its long tradition of giving each sailor at sea a drink of rum.

    Digging Deeper

    While you may not personally miss this bygone practice, we ask, “What do you miss the most?”

    Some possible answers could be:

    (for Catholics) The Latin Mass

    School Dress and Grooming Codes

    Drive-in Movies

    Decent Meals and Service on Airliners

    Polaroid Cameras

    Phone Booths

    The Milkman

    Vinyl Records

    Sears Catalog

    Cheap Gasoline

    Hot Pants, Mini-Skirts or Bell Bottoms

    Disco Music

    Question for students (and subscribers): What do you miss the most?  Please let us know in the comments section below this article.

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    Historical Evidence

    For more information, please see…

    Phoenix, Charles. Addicted to Americana: Celebrating Classic & Kitschy American Life & Style.  Prospect Park Books, 2017.

    Wilson, Everett. Vanishing Americana Pictures of the American Past, Well Remembered but Disappearing Americana. A.S. Barnes & Co, 1961.

    The featured image in this article, a photograph by Kjetil Bjørnsrud of measuring out the tot (diorama aboard HMS Belfast), is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

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    Major Dan is a retired veteran of the United States Marine Corps. He served during the Cold War and has traveled to many countries around the world. Prior to his military service, he graduated from Cleveland State University, having majored in sociology. Following his military service, he worked as a police officer eventually earning the rank of captain prior to his retirement.

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